Today, Uzumaki Naruto pulled another prank in the village, his goal being to attract attention to himself.
His prank was successful, but it also successfully made someone lose their temper.
As a result, Naruto was chased for several blocks.
Fortunately, he was fast.
Naruto figured that if he ran two more blocks, he could lose the baozi shop owner, an uncle whose body was growing weaker from giving his wife his earnings, leading to her constant exhaustion.
However...
Just as he was secretly gloating, his feet suddenly landed on empty air.
Naruto felt as if someone had grabbed him by the back of his collar and lifted him up.
Oh... Oh no!
He'd been caught!
The baozi shop owner, out of breath, rushed over and was about to express his joy and gratitude when his gaze suddenly fell upon Uchiha Chisen's young face. The words of thanks in his mouth were choked back in fright.
"U... Uchiha..." The baozi shop owner's face turned ashen. He didn't even seem to notice the rolling pin falling from his hand.
"Uchiha?"
Naruto, being held up, struggled. Finding he couldn't break free, he looked up with a troubled expression.
Hmm...
He didn't recognize him!
Naruto just felt that this meddling guy had a rather cold expression, and when he felt the other person sizing him up, it was like being looked at as a rare animal.
"What did he do?" Uchiha Chisen asked the baozi shop owner.
"He... he..." The baozi shop owner was sweating profusely.
"Tell me the truth," Uchiha Chisen reminded him.
Gulp.
Under an inexplicable, invisible pressure, the baozi shop owner swallowed nervously and stammered out Naruto's prank for the day—swapping his baozi shop's wheat flour for protein powder.
Little Naruto, still being held, muttered, "Protein powder can still be made into baozi, and it helps build muscle too."
The baozi shop owner's blood pressure surged with anger: "You little brat..."
But upon seeing Uchiha Chisen before him, and that man's seemingly emotionless eyes...
He hurriedly suppressed his anger and forced the words back down his throat.
He was too scary! How could he be so unlucky to run into the Uchiha clan's infamous harbinger of misfortune?
It was all this demon fox brat's fault!
"So he played a prank like that..." Uchiha Chisen nodded slightly and said calmly, "This brat's guardian is the Hokage. You can go directly to the Hokage to demand compensation, and tell him I sent you. If the Hokage refuses, I'll help you get it."
With that, Uchiha Chisen, holding Naruto, who looked utterly dejected, prepared to leave.
This move not only stunned the baozi shop owner but also Naruto himself.
Naruto struggled frantically, flailing his limbs and shouting, "Where are you taking me, dattebayo? You've already caught me, can't you just put me down?"
Uchiha Chisen raised his arm, lifting Naruto more than a meter off the ground. He quietly met the gaze of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The cold eyes made Naruto's small face stiffen in shock.
Uchiha Chisen slowly said, "When a person makes a mistake, regardless of gender, age, or status, they must receive the appropriate punishment. Your prank caused economic losses and damage to the shop's reputation. Furthermore, the commotion you caused while running around severely disrupted Konoha's order and damaged the streets."
"Under multiple charges, even if you were willing to compensate, you would still have to go to Konoha Prison for half a month. And this is purely judging you by Konoha's laws. Since you've fallen into my hands, this half a month will become three months."
Naruto, who was only seven years old, was completely dumbfounded.
"Im... Imprisoned for three months..."
He was instantly stunned.
...
"This is bad, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has come into contact with someone from the Uchiha clan!" At the same time, an elite Anbu ninja responsible for monitoring Naruto's expression changed drastically. He felt like he had caused a huge disaster today.
As the monitor of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Lord Hokage's mission was not only to monitor Naruto but also to help Naruto "clean up his messes."
It was equivalent to him having to painstakingly clean up whatever pranks the Jinchuriki brat pulled.
He had just gone to swap back the wheat flour that Naruto had pranked in the baozi shop.
But he never expected that in the short time he was gone...
The Jinchuriki had been grabbed by an Uchiha clan ninja!
He definitely wouldn't mistake the uniform of the Konoha Military Police Force!
He clearly saw the Jinchuriki making eye contact with someone from the Uchiha clan!
Those were the Sharingan, rumored to be able to control Tailed Beasts!
If... the Nine-Tails' Rampage from years ago were to happen again, then his negligence would absolutely be the fuse that led to the village's destruction, and he would undoubtedly be a sinner of Konoha Village.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, the Anbu ninja had no time to think further, nor could he afford to worry about exposing himself.
He quickly rushed towards Uzumaki Naruto, shouting, "Put him down!"
Under the gaze of many, the Anbu ninja appeared instantly, one hand already gripping the hilt of his ninja sword, while the other reached out, intending to snatch Naruto away.
Uchiha Chisen suddenly swung his arm to the side.
The Anbu ninja grabbed at empty air, and Naruto let out a startled cry, almost being flung away due to the sudden, forceful movement.
"Anbu?!" Izumi, standing nearby, immediately recognized the Anbu ninja's attire; the fox mask was highly distinctive.
She suddenly felt a sense of unease.
"Uchiha! What are you doing!" After grabbing at nothing, the Anbu ninja's expression beneath the mask became incredibly complex. He demanded, "Don't tell me you don't know what this brat represents! You... huh? Uchiha Chisen?!"
Upon facing him directly, the Anbu ninja realized that the person holding the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was none other than Uchiha Chisen!
He was one of the few Uchiha who had a "good" relationship with the Hokage.
Well—
At least, he was someone who met with the Hokage's people frequently.
Uchiha Chisen glanced at the white square frame on the Anbu ninja's head, a chilling sharpness brewing in his eyes. He questioned, "Are you going to obstruct the Konoha Military Police Force's enforcement? Yamanaka Yoshinobu?"
Anbu ninja: "!!!"
"You..."
He was stunned.
He was wearing an Anbu mask, and he hadn't even met Uchiha Chisen before. How did this person recognize him?
Noticing the sharpness in Uchiha Chisen's eyes gradually becoming somewhat dangerous, the Anbu ninja hesitantly retracted his ninja sword.
He had heard some information about Uchiha Chisen before.
He knew the bottom line of this enforcer of [Absolute Justice].
To be safe, it was best not to clash with him.
"Hoo!"
The Anbu ninja exhaled, calming himself down slightly. He said in a deep voice, "Uchiha Chisen, the Konoha Military Police Force's enforcement shouldn't have anything to do with Uzumaki Naruto, right? He's just an 'ordinary' child, isn't he?"
He deliberately emphasized the words "ordinary."
Uchiha Chisen replied, "He is precisely the criminal I apprehended."
Anbu ninja: "???"
This is bad...
This is going to be troublesome.
Just as the Anbu ninja was sweating profusely and racking his brain for a solution, a sudden, hoarse, angry shout approached from a distance: "You naturally evil Uchiha brat! What are you doing! What are your evil Uchiha Clan's intentions!"
The Anbu ninja was instantly taken aback, utterly confused. Why was someone else even more anxious than him?
As he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a familiar figure.
That was...
Shimura Danzo?!
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